remittent+fever

  • 11Fever — Although a fever technically is any body temperature above the normal of 98.6 degrees F. (37 degrees C.), in practice a person is usually not considered to have a significant fever until the temperature is above 100.4 degrees F (38 degrees C.).… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 12fever — Synonyms and related words: abscess, agitation, ague, amok, anemia, animal heat, ankylosis, anoxia, apnea, asphyxiation, asthma, ataxia, atrophy, attack, backache, bleeding, blennorhea, blood heat, bluster, bobbery, body heat, boil, boiling,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 13remittent — Synonyms and related words: calenture, childbed fever, continued fever, delirium, eruptive fever, febricity, febrility, fever, fever heat, feverishness, fire, flush, heat, hectic, hectic fever, hectic flush, hyperpyrexia, hyperthermia,… …

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  • 14remittent — remittence, remittency, n. remittently, adv. /ri mit nt/, adj. 1. abating for a time or at intervals: remittent symptoms. 2. of, pertaining to, or characterized by a remittent fever. n. 3. a remittent fever. [1685 95; < L remittent (s. of&#8230; …

    Universalium

  • 15fever — n. elevated temperature of the body 1) to come down with, develop a fever 2) a constant; high; intermittent; mild, slight; recurrent; remittent fever 3) a fever breaks, subsides disease or condition 4) glandular; hay; relapsing; rheumatic; Rocky&#8230; …

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  • 16remittent — adjective Etymology: Latin remittent , remittens, present participle of remittere Date: 1693 of a disease marked by alternating periods of abatement and increase of symptoms < remittent fever > …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 17remittent — re•mit•tent [[t]rɪˈmɪt nt[/t]] adj. abating and relapsing in cycles: remittent fever[/ex] • Etymology: 1685–95; &LT; L remittent , s. of remittēns, prp. of remittere. See remit, ent re•mit′tence, re•mit′ten•cy, n. re•mit′tent•ly, adv …

    From formal English to slang

  • 18fever — pyrexia; n. a rise in body temperature above the normal, i.e. above an oral temperature of 98.6°F (37°C) or a rectal temperature of 99°F (37.2°C). Fever is generally accompanied by shivering, headache, nausea, constipation, or diarrhoea. A rise&#8230; …

    The new mediacal dictionary

  • 19remittent — Characterized by temporary periods of abatement of the symptoms of a disease. * * * re·mit·tent ri mit ənt adj marked by alternating periods of abatement and increase of symptoms &LT;remittent fever&GT; …

    Medical dictionary

  • 20remittent — adjective formal a remittent fever or illness is severe for short periods but improves between those times …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English